Cedric Rolfe SARGOOD

Regimental number8/1626
Date of birth31 December 1893
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
AddressNewington Avenue, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFather, P R Sargood, Newington Avenue, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed in Wanganui College Cadets; Officer in Dunedin Engineering Cadets at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 February 1915
The Otago Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 17 'Maunganui', HMNZT 18 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 19 'Aparima'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 14), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Dunedin Art Gallery which was originally located in what is now the Otago Settlers' Museum, before moving to Logan Park, in the building that originally housed the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1925-26. That building was then purchased by Mr Percy Rolfe & Mrs Lucy Constance (nee Ormond) Sargood and presented to the City of Dunedin as a public art gallery and as a memorial to their son killed at Gallipoli.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit at Cape Helles, 9 May 1915, and posted to 4th Company.

Admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 1 June 1915 (septic boils); transferred to Red Cross Hospital, Cairo, 20 June 1915; discharged to duty, 1 July 1915; rejoined unit at Gallipoli, 8 July 1915.

Reported missing, believed killed, 9 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moscar Camp, Ismailia, 29 January 1916, concluded 'Killed in action, 9 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7880798